Cape League season opens with a bang

Ian Gilbert pitched out of a bases-loaded, one out jam in the top of the ninth as the Hyannis Harbor Hawks opened the Cape Cod Baseball League season with a 3-2 victory over the defending champion Cotuit Kettleers Wednesday night at McKeon Park.

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By CAPE COD TIMES

Posted Jun. 12, 2014 at 2:00 AM

By CAPE COD TIMES
Posted Jun. 12, 2014 at 2:00 AM

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Brewster 7, Falmouth 3

Bourne 4, Wareham 2

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Harwich 7, Y-D 2

Chatham 10, Orleans 2

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Wednesday's games

Brewster 7, Falmouth 3

Bourne 4, Wareham 2

Hyannis 3, Cotuit 2

Harwich 7, Y-D 2

Chatham 10, Orleans 2

Today's games

Harwich at Brewster, 5 p.m.

Hyannis at Cotuit, 5 p.m.

Falmouth at Y-D, 5 p.m.

Orleans at Bourne, 6 p.m.

Wareham at Chatham, 7 p.m.

Friday's games

Wareham at Cotuit, 5 p.m.

Bourne at Hyannis, 6 p.m.

Y-D at Falmouth, 6:30 p.m.

Chatham at Harwich, 7 p.m.

Brewster at Orleans, 7 p.m.

STARS OF THE DAY

HITTING: Travis Maezes (Michigan) went 4-for-4 and scored two runs in the Whitecaps win over the Commodores.

PITCHING: West Roxbury's James Mulry (Northeastern) pitched seven shutout innings and struck out nine as the Mariners defeated the Red Sox.

HYANNIS — Ian Gilbert pitched out of a bases-loaded, one out jam in the top of the ninth as the Hyannis Harbor Hawks opened the Cape Cod Baseball League season with a 3-2 victory over the defending champion Cotuit Kettleers Wednesday night at McKeon Park.

Gilbert (Tulane) entered the game in the top of eighth inning and fanned the final batter then got a strike out and force out after loading the bases with one out in the ninth to record the save.

Tate Scioneaux (Southeastern Louisiana) pitched six innings and had three strikeouts and earned the win for Hyannis while Matt Margaritonda struck out three in 1¤ innings.

Dalton Britt (Liberty) went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored for the Harbor Hawks while Sam Haggerty (New Mexico) also doubled. Cam Gibson (Michigan State) drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth for Hyannis. Barnstable's Bobby Melley (Connecticut) went 0-for-4, reaching on an error in his first at-bat for the Harbor Hawks.

DC Arendas (South Carolina) went 3-for-4 for the Kettleers, who out-hit the Harbor Hawks 10-6 in the game. Trey Wingenter (Auburn) pitched out of a jam in the bottom of the fourth for Hyannis but suffered the loss for Cotuit.

ORLEANS — Blake Butera returned for a bit of revenge, going 2-for-5 with four RBIs as the Anglers trounced the Firebirds at Eldredge Park.

Butera (Boston College), who was with Chatham last year when they were swept by Orleans in the finals of the Eastern Division playoffs, had a bases-clearing double and scored two runs.

Andrew Chin (Boston College), another returnee for the Anglers, pitched the first four innings and struck out three while Lou Distasio (Rhode Island) pitched two hitless innings to earn the win in relief.

Matthew Peters (California University of Pennsylvania) went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Wilbraham's Patrick Mazeika (Stetson) was 1-for-2 with three runs scored and was hit-by-pitch three times. The Firebirds hit six Chatham batters in the game.

Edwin Rios (Florida International) went 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored for Orleans while RJ Ybarra (Arizona State) singled and scored a run. Kyle Twomey (USC), who pitched for the Firebirds last summer, allowed three hits and struck out two in two innings.

HARWICH — Northeastern's James Mulry pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out nine and the Mariners downed the Red Sox at Whitehouse Field.

Mulry allowed just five hits and walked just one while the Harwich offense provided him with plenty of support early, scoring all seven runs over the first three innings.

Returning first baseman Ian Happ (Cincinnati) went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored for the Mariners while Robert Youngdahl was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Anthony Hermeyln had an RBI single in the three-run first inning for Harwich and scored two runs.

Michael Foster (Northeastern) was 3-for-4 with a triple and run scored for Y-D, who scored twice in the top of the ninth to avoid the shut out. Doug Willey (Franklin Pierce) pitched four innings of one-hit relief for the Red Sox and struck out five.

BREWSTER — Travis Maezes had four hits and two Whitecaps reliever combined to limit the Commodores to one hit over the final 5ª innings at Stony Brook Elementary School.

Maezes (Michigan) went 4-for-4 and scored twice out of the clean-up spot for Brewster while Dalton DiNatale (Arizona State) was 2-for-4 and also scored two runs.

Falmouth's Kevin Newman (Arizona), the first freshman in CCBL history to win the batting title a year ago, went 2-for-5 with two RBI's.

Ryan McCormick (St. John's) earned the win for the Whitecaps, pitching 2﻿2/3 innings of hitless relief. Andrew Naderer (Grand Canyon) allowed just one hit while striking out four over the final three frames to earn the save.

John Sansone (Florida State) capped a four-run sixth inning with a bases-clearing triple as Brewster broke open the 3-3 game.

BOURNE — After spotting the Gatemen a two-run lead following a two-run top of the third inning, the Braves took over the rest of the game, went ahead with three runs in the home half of the fourth and another in the sixth en route to a solid opening-day win,

Jimmy Herget (South Florida) went six innings, allowing six hits and fanning five to earn the win.

He was touched up for two runs in the third on a John Bormann (Texas San Antonio) double that was followed by a Jake Little (Memphis) RBI triple and then a Willie Calhoun (Arizona) sacrifice fly.

In the fourth, the Braves sent seven men to the plate getting four singles and two walks with RBIs coming from Blake Davey (UConn), who finished the day hitting 2-for-4 (the other hit was a triple to start the sixth inning) and scoring two runs, Gavin Collins (Mississippi State), and Stephen Wren (Georgia), who finished the night going 2-for-3. The final RBI came off the bat of Logan Ratledge (North Carolina State), who singled in Davey in the sixth, ending the day going 2-for-3.

Kyri Washington (Longwood) went 2-for-4 for the Gatemen, including a triple.